Mar 4, 2009
Shell Global Solutions to give keynote presentation at 2nd Biofuels International expo & conference
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Mar 3, 2009
The Iowa Power Fund Board has approved a $14.75 million (€11.7 million) contract with Poet for the development of a commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa, US.
Poet’s Project Liberty will add 25 million gallons a year of cellulosic ethanol production capacity to an existing grain-to-ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa.
The project is jointly funded... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2009
Honda Motor company has announced an agreement for the construction of a new cellulosic ethanol research facility in Japan.
Honda plans to build a single 1,050m2 building as a testing facility. The construction is scheduled to begin in April 2009, with operations targeted for November 2009.
The new Kazusa-branch facility of Honda R&D Fundamental Technology Research... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2009
US producer Pacific Ethanol says it will temporarily close its $120 million (€95.4 million) ethanol plant in Burley in southwest Idaho.
Plant manager Ken Wilson says low petrol prices make biofuels too expensive to compete.
Burley Mayor Jon Anderson says it is unclear how long the plant could be mothballed. He notes company officials say it could be as short as three... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2009
State-owned Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) plans to develop at least three ethanol plants in collaboration with other companies.
The plants will be set up in the southern province of Binh Phuoc, the northern province of Phu Tho, and at Dung Quat in the central province of Quang Ngai.
PetroVietnam will develop the facilities in the northern and southern... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2009
Texas-based Global Alternative Fuels will expand its El Paso biodiesel plant from 5 mgy to 15 mgy.
The company is finalising the engineering for the $12 million (€9.5 million) expansion.
The producer plans to break ground in Q2.
‘Our current infrastructure allows for a fast implementation schedule,’ Carlos Guzmán, president and CEO of Global Alternative Fuels,... [Read More]
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Feb 27, 2009
Boston, US-based Mascoma’s demonstration facility in Rome, New York, started producing ethanol from non-food cellulosic biomass on 25 February.
The plant has a production capacity of 200,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol a year.
Construction on the plant began in early 2008 and was completed by December.
The demonstration facility can run on different biomass feedstocks,... [Read More]
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Feb 27, 2009
Biodiesel start-up company SarTec has announced it expects its production facility in Minnesota, US, to begin operations in Q2 this year.
The capacity of the plant will reach approximately 3 million gallons a year operating with the name Ever Cat Fuels.
In 2008 Augsburg College and SarTec announced the discovery of a chemical process that could help develop a new type... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2009
The European Commission (EC) plans to propose anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of biodiesel from the US.
The Commission, which oversees trade policy for the 27-country European Union, is due to propose the measures at a March meeting of EU national trade officials, known as the anti-dumping committee.
The anti-dumping duties would range from €2-19 per... [Read More]
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Feb 24, 2009
Danish biotech pioneer Inbicon has announced a series of technical and marketing initiatives for bringing commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol to the US.
Under the banner of The New Ethanol, and in collaboration with US-based G-team, Inbicon will incorporate its proprietary technology into a new pathway for converting biomass to ethanol.
CEO Niels Henriksen says: ‘Our... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2009
An early morning fire at Hardin County Fuel in Texas, US, caused an estimated $300,000 (€234,000) in equipment and building damage and has halted biofuels production.
Nearly all of the facility’s operating equipment was destroyed, along with the building it was being housed in on Friday 20 February.
Fuel being stored on the property was not damaged.
Biofuel contains... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2009
US governors expect regulators will soon boost the allowed blend rate for ethanol in petrol to 13% from 10%.
Members of the Governors' Biofuels Coalition said they want the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a waiver to allow the sale of 13% ethanol blends.
President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack have expressed support to the governors... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2009
Adage and Energy Northwest have agreed to develop 50MW wood waste biomass power plants in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon, in the US.
The companies plan to jointly-market wood biopower to regional utilities.
Adage is a joint venture between Areva and Duke Energy. Areva will build the biomass power plants, and Duke Energy Generation Services will run the facilities.... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2009
Craton Equity Partners, a Southern California, US-based clean technology fund, has made a commitment of $10 million (€7.9 million) to Principle Energy Limited (PEL), a sustainable biofuel development company with projects that target sub-Saharan Africa.
PEL is developing a sugarcane ethanol operation in Mozambique. The project is expected to manufacture around 60 million... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2009
Biofuel Industries Group’s NextDiesel Adrian, Michigan-based biofuel plant may shut down operations when its current stock of material is gone, the company’s CEO says.
The rising cost of production and falling price of oil have contributed to a decrease in the demand for alternative fuels.
‘The current cost of inputs to make the company’s product and the market... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2009
The Glenturret distillery in Perthshire, Scotland, producer of Famous Grouse whisky, is partaking in a demonstration project to convert boiler exhaust gas into oil that can be used as a biodiesel.
Scottish Bioenergy Ventures, which is leading the project, is embarking on an expanded algae reactor system to consume the carbon dioxide.
The next phase of the project starting... [Read More]
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Feb 20, 2009
Energy company BP and cellulosic ethanol developer Verenium have announced the formation of a 50-50 joint venture to develop and commercialise cellulosic ethanol from non-food feedstocks.
The companies have agreed to commit $45 million (€35.7 million) in funding and assets to the joint venture company.
The joint venture company will initially focus on developing and... [Read More]
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